Category: Writing Notes
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On page 126 of “The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up,” there’s a ruthless piece of advice: “Dispose of everything.” Here is the story of how that chapter led me back to a story written 16 years ago… before making its handwritten pages vanish forever. There is a subtle, beautiful irony in the way certain stories…
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How a forgotten box brought long-lost worlds back to light There are moments in our lives we think we’ve left behind. Closed chapters, pages we assume have nothing left to say to us. Then, one day, almost by chance, they come knocking again. For many years, I hadn’t thought about those stories. Not because I’d…
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I am often asked about my creative process, about how the complex architecture of a fantasy novel or the tense undertones of a mystery take shape. The answer might surprise you, because it has nothing to do with the cold precision of technology. Initially, my stories actually started on a bright computer screen. I recently…
